Party Time !!

Summer is now officially Two years old ! Where has the time gone ? ...........This past weekend we had her birthday party with some of her friends and a few family members and it went off without a hitch ...To tell ya the truth I was a bit nervous to host a kid's party , as i've never done this before but to my surprise it went wonderful and I think summer really had a good time. We played some games with prizes , opened her presents , had some BBQ food & cake and then handed out some treat bags( all with no major disaters !) . And to boot , nobody got Lost on the way out (to harvey) , which I was sure would happen.

It is Josh's birthday on wednesday so he got some gifts too , we got him a belt , shorts , and a new watch (cross you fingers this one doesn't get broke , drown, or get lost ); he got a fishing rod and some gear from his mom and some money from my parents.

Now for a wedding update : the invitations have been picked up , one bridemaid dress is finished , dj is confirmed, bought 300 coconut tealights (which i have no idea what i'm going to do with ) and we're on the final month countdown to THE dress being in.....Things are really starting to come together !!! I'm getting sooo excited !!!

Oh the Fun of a Toddler , a Baby and a Wedding

Oh man , i'm sooo bad at trying to keep up with this lol , but really can ya blame me ? Now that I'm home alone for seven weeks I guess I SHOULD be able to keep this darn thing updated lol. So , if ya haven't guessed already Josh is now in moncton doing his fourth block for his electrical liscence. I really thought these stupid blocks would never end , it's a complete interuption in our finances when we were already behind a bit. Alas, this is the last time he'll be going so i guess we'll get through it.

Summer is now daytime potty trained (hooray !), and she puts a pullup on during nap time and bed time. All it took was two weeks straight at home in panties , a few accidents, and alot of laundry but she finally gets it. Addison has been teething , so i've been trying different techniques to help with the pain , when lo and behold the tried and true tylenol is the only thing that seems to help any . I bought the very expensive Camilia thinking if it helped at all it would be worth it and used the max dose of 3 mls in 45 mins with no difference in pain (that I observed anyway). She's not old enough to hold anything in her mouth to chew on and I haven't heard any good things about baby orajel, so tylenol has been my only saviour.

and Once again I have a dilema that i'd be very grateful to you (that means especially you , cindy !) to give me any ideas on .....so here's the story .... Breastfeeding addison is going extremely well , she's four months this week and I always knew I would nurse her exclusively till six months but ..now that it's going sooo well I would really not mind continuing to nurse till a year old (or as long as it continues to go well ) . My problem is with the wedding (she'll be 8 months old then), I really want to be able to enjoy the wedding & dance and have a few drinks without feeling guilty , also we'll be going on honeymoon for a week , now I know I could attempt to pump enough milk for a week's worth and give that to her then..... but then during the honeymoon i'd have to pump every 3-4hours just so I wouldn't leak everywhere. I even thought if I didn't get enough milk pumped I could just give her a bit of formula then continue to breastfeed when I got back , but I would still have to pump the whole time to keep my milk supply up ...ahhhh I feel like i'm being so selfish but is it selfish to want to enjoy your wedding and dance ?? HELP!!!